Find It

Find It

Hi There!

You may wonder what you

are being asked to find.......

Worry not Find It is the name

of a die cut company, new to

us but some of you may be

familiar with them.

We thought we'd give them a

whirl this week and here is

Jane Castle to start us off:

"Well time is marching on at a pace

 and if you have not made all of your 

Christmas cards yet here's a 

fairly quick idea that can be 

changed with a different centre piece

 so as to not get boring in the making.

To begin with I did all of the die cutting

 using a fab set from Find-It Media 

called 'Christmas Card Set'.

This set is great value for money,

cuts and embosses beautifully and

 some elements can be used all year round. 

Below I've added a photo of a piece

 I cut, embossed and then stamped whilst

 the card was still in the die. 

This leaves a very fine clean edge all the way 

round rather than cutting after stamping.

Whoops, back to the job in hand!

Next I stamped the crate image from a 

Craft Emotions stamp set onto white card

 and kraft card. The kraft card was then

 cut so as to form the outside of the crate.

Both images were heat embossed with clear 

embossing powder. Colour was added using 

Distress Markers and Jelly Roll pens.

The card blank had DI in old paper added 

to the edges and then using the same ink 

stamped the zig-zag lines from Jofy 07. 

These were then brushed with Perfect Pearls.

A tag was stamped using Jofy 47 stamp set

 and this was attached to the crate with some

 ribbon before fixing to the card.

A little Treasure Gold was rubbed onto the 

die cut mounts after lightly sanding. 

The gorgeous holly die-cuts were then

 slightly shaped and curled as I prefer things 

not completely flat.

Stickles were added to the berries and 

Pewter Liquid Pearls added to the crate

 to enhance the nails.

It's a long while since I made any traditional 

red/green Christmas cards and they do have 

that magical feel to them, I wonder if it will catch on!!

Enjoy your Christmas card making X"

Items Used:

Find-it Media Dies

Craft Emotions Stamps

Jofy Christmas Stamps

Distress Markers

Distress Inks

Ranger Perfect Pearls

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Jelly-Roll Pens

Core-Color Card

Kraft Card

Treasure Gold

Stickles

Many thanks Jane, a super

project to start us off

At the rate I'm going it doesn't

look like I shall be sending any

cards this year! Better get 

my skates on......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Bag It

Bag It

Hallo everyone!

Today's project would make

a really special gift bag and

here is Louise Thomson to

tell you how she made it

"Start by applying a couple of coats of the 

base colour – Green Apple So Soft fabric paint, 

to a canvas wine bottle bag. 

I wanted a fairly natural look with rough edges 

and plenty of the canvas still showing

Mix the green apple paint with a tiny bit of 

‘So Soft’ tangerine to get a terracotta colour 

and apply through a stencil. 

I used two different designs of the same 

Kaisercraft mini mix stencil

Once completely dry, stamp the Honey Doo 

Floral Chaos design repeatedly on to the canvas. 

My ink pad was running low and I ended up 

re – stamping the image several times.

 I thought it was going to be a disaster and 

need ditching but I should have had faith – 

there is no project that can’t be rescued!

Using tangerine and dark burgundy So Soft paints, 

paint in the flower heads, mixing them to create a variety of tones

Once you are happy with the paint and 

have allowed it to dry, go over the stems in a 

sakura gelly roll pen. 

Add in dots of bisque liquid pearls around the 

stems and also to add centres to the flowers

Finally, bag a bottle!

 I tied the bag with the hessian style chord provided

 and added three coordinating paper flowers 

which rather handily were in a Craft Barn 

goody box I purchased recently!"

Materials used-

Canvas bottle bag

So soft paints in green apple, tangerine and dark burgundy

Kaisercraft 12x12 mini mix stencil

Paint brush

Honey doo floral chaos stamp

Staz on ink – Jet Black

Sakura gelly roll pen – metallic emerald

Liquid pearl - Bisque

Paper flowers (from stash)

Thank you Louise - a super project.

Didn't I tell you it would be special?

I'm sure you agree this is a beautiful

way of presenting a bottle be it a

full bodied red or a bottle of blackcurrant juice!

The So Soft paints, by DecoArt, are really nice to 

use too and come in a good range of colours

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buildings

Hi There!

All wrapped and warm?

Pretty chilly here..........

A little gentle crafting might

just help to get the blood

flowing................!

Here's Angela Radford with

one stamp and lots of buildings:

 Started by stamping the Carabelle London buildings stamp 

on the right hand side of a kraft card blank.

Next I stamped the buildings on the left side with

a second generation application 

and the London sign along the top of the card, 

then started highlighting the building with a white pen.

As I couldn't decide on the colour for the focal image at this stage, 

I stamped the building several times onto different coloured 

left-over sprayed card and embossed them.

 Now I stamped the buildings again, 

this time onto white card and heat embossed it. 

These are great stamps with very clear images as I'm sure you will agree.

Now cut out sections from the stamped images on the coloured card, 

more than one if you are feeling adventurous. 

Attach the coloured pieces to the main stamped image 

on the white card and then cut out mats from your chosen card

 and layer these together.

 I also stamped a sentiment on the bottom right.

And here we have the finished card! 

All mounted up and some matching gems from my stash 

to complete the design.

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Supplies:

Carabelle Studio Stamps : London
Tim Holtz sentiment stamp.
Craft Card blank.
White stamping card.
Black Archival Ink.
Spray inks.
White Pen.
Clear embossing powder.

Fabulous card Angela; thank you

very much for the inspiration

I will have to get that stamp

I couldn't make up my mind which

town I wanted...........

but now I know I have to have

at least London and Paris......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers

Hallo Everyone!

Finished all those lovely Christmas

goodies?  The chocs, the cakes,

the biscuits?.................

Wardrobe Gremlins shrunk

your clothes?

...........Time for the New Year Diet

then................Good Luck

Here is Louise Thomson with a

beautiful card to take your mind

off the D word! ......

I started by blending spun sugar distress ink 

all over some smooth finish white card and then added

 highlights using the candied apple ink.

I stamped the Honeydoo Floral Corner Flourish three times 

to create a cascade effect across the page.

In the background I stamped parts of the stamp again

in spun sugar to create a light textured look. 

I then painted the flowers using Fresco Finish paints

 in Pixie dust and Nougat.

I stamped the image again, then painted 

and cut out the flowers. 

Using the Nougat Fresco Finish paint I added little hearts 

around the border, then joined them up using 

a white gelly roll pen.

I inked up a spare bit of smooth finish card 

using the same inks as before. 

Using the gelly roll pen I added a message and doodled border.

Finally I assembled everything and added 

wink of stella to the flowers for a bit of shimmer.

Products used;

Distress inks – Spun sugar and candied apple

Honeydoo floral corner flourish stamp

Fresco paints – Pixie dust and Nougat

White smooth finish card

Double sided tape

Wink of Stella

Sakura gelly roll pen

Beautiful card Louise and you have

managed to show us the shimmer you

get from the Wink of Stella ...... lovely!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx